Hancock Whitney Corp Stock Price Prediction

HWC Stock  USD 51.98  0.36  0.69%   
The relative strength index (RSI) of Hancock Whitney's share price is below 30 at the present time. This usually indicates that the stock is becoming oversold or undervalued. The main point of the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is to track how fast people are buying or selling Hancock Whitney Corp, making its price go up or down.

Momentum 29

 Sell Stretched

 
Oversold
 
Overbought
The successful prediction of Hancock Whitney's future price could yield a significant profit. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Hancock Whitney Corp, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Hancock Whitney's stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
1.41
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
1.223
EPS Estimate Current Year
5.3856
EPS Estimate Next Year
5.7377
Wall Street Target Price
69.0313
Using Hancock Whitney hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Hancock Whitney Corp from the perspective of Hancock Whitney response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Hancock Whitney using Hancock Whitney's stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Hancock using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Hancock Whitney's stock price.

Hancock Whitney Short Interest

A significant increase or decrease in Hancock Whitney's short interest from the previous month could be a good indicator of investor sentiment towards Hancock. Short interest can provide insight into the potential direction of Hancock Whitney stock and how bullish or bearish investors feel about the market overall.
200 Day MA
53.3179
Short Percent
0.0412
Short Ratio
4.57
Shares Short Prior Month
2.7 M
50 Day MA
56.7492

Hancock Whitney Corp Hype to Price Pattern

Investor biases related to Hancock Whitney's public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in Hancock. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding Hancock can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around Hancock Whitney Corp. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.
Some investors profit by finding stocks that are overvalued or undervalued based on market sentiment. The correlation of Hancock Whitney's market sentiment to its price can help taders to make decisions based on the overall investors consensus about Hancock Whitney.

Hancock Whitney Implied Volatility

    
  0.65  
Hancock Whitney's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Hancock Whitney Corp stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Hancock Whitney's implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Hancock Whitney stock will not fluctuate a lot when Hancock Whitney's options are near their expiration.
The fear of missing out, i.e., FOMO, can cause potential investors in Hancock Whitney to buy its stock at a price that has no basis in reality. In that case, they are not buying Hancock because the equity is a good investment, but because they need to do something to avoid the feeling of missing out. On the other hand, investors will often sell stocks at prices well below their value during bear markets because they need to stop feeling the pain of losing money.

Hancock Whitney after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 52.01  
There is no one specific way to measure market sentiment using hype analysis or a similar predictive technique. This prediction method should be used in combination with more fundamental and traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, analysts consensus, earnings estimates, and various momentum models.

Prediction based on Rule 16 of the current Hancock contract

Based on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Hancock Whitney Corp will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0406% per day over the life of the 2025-05-16 option contract. With Hancock Whitney trading at USD 51.98, that is roughly USD 0.0211 . If you think that the market is fully incorporating Hancock Whitney's daily price movement you should consider acquiring Hancock Whitney Corp options at the current volatility level of 0.65%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
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Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed many market ups and downs, anticipate that the market will even out over time. This tendency of Hancock Whitney's price to converge to an average value over time is called mean reversion. However, historically, high market prices usually discourage investors that believe in mean reversion to invest, while low prices are viewed as an opportunity to buy.
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
46.7859.8861.46
Details
Naive
Forecast
LowNextHigh
51.6253.1954.77
Details
8 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
60.2666.2273.50
Details
Earnings
Estimates (0)
LowProjected EPSHigh
1.241.291.33
Details

Hancock Whitney After-Hype Price Prediction Density Analysis

As far as predicting the price of Hancock Whitney at your current risk attitude, this probability distribution graph shows the chance that the prediction will fall between or within a specific range. We use this chart to confirm that your returns on investing in Hancock Whitney or, for that matter, your successful expectations of its future price, cannot be replicated consistently. Please note, a large amount of money has been lost over the years by many investors who confused the symmetrical distributions of Stock prices, such as prices of Hancock Whitney, with the unreliable approximations that try to describe financial returns.
   Next price density   
       Expected price to next headline  

Hancock Whitney Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting Hancock Whitney's stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on Hancock Whitney's historical news coverage. Hancock Whitney's after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 50.43 and 53.59, respectively. We have considered Hancock Whitney's daily market price in relation to the headlines to evaluate this method's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that news-based prediction models outperform traditional linear, nonlinear models or artificial intelligence models to provide accurate predictions consistently.
Current Value
51.98
52.01
After-hype Price
53.59
Upside
Hancock Whitney is very steady at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of Hancock Whitney Corp is based on 3 months time horizon.

Hancock Whitney Stock Price Prediction Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as Hancock Whitney is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Hancock Whitney backward and forwards among themselves. Have you ever observed a lot of a particular company's price movement is driven by press releases or news about the company that has nothing to do with actual earnings? Usually, hype to individual companies acts as price momentum. If not enough favorable publicity is forthcoming, the Stock price eventually runs out of speed. So, the rule of thumb here is that as long as this news hype has nothing to do with immediate earnings, you should pay more attention to it. If you see this tendency with Hancock Whitney, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.06 
1.58
  0.03 
 0.00  
11 Events / Month
6 Events / Month
In about 11 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
51.98
52.01
0.06 
303.85  
Notes

Hancock Whitney Hype Timeline

On the 21st of March Hancock Whitney Corp is traded for 51.98. The entity has historical hype elasticity of 0.03, and average elasticity to hype of competition of 0.0. Hancock is anticipated to increase in value after the next headline, with the price projected to jump to 52.01 or above. The average volatility of media hype impact on the company the price is over 100%. The price growth on the next news is projected to be 0.06%, whereas the daily expected return is currently at -0.06%. The volatility of related hype on Hancock Whitney is about 11441.38%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 51.98. The company reported the last year's revenue of 1.69 B. Total Income to common stockholders was 460.81 M with profit before taxes, overhead, and interest of 1.39 B. Considering the 90-day investment horizon the next anticipated press release will be in about 11 days.
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Hancock Whitney Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to Hancock Whitney's direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict Hancock Whitney's future price movements. Getting to know how Hancock Whitney's peers react to changing market sentiment, related social signals, and mainstream news is a great way to find investing opportunities and time the market. The summary table below summarizes the essential lagging indicators that can help you analyze how Hancock Whitney may potentially react to the hype associated with one of its peers.
Hype
Elasticity
News
Density
Semi
Deviation
Information
Ratio
Potential
Upside
Value
At Risk
Maximum
Drawdown
HBCPHome Bancorp 0.26 10 per month 0.00 (0.02) 2.82 (3.06) 8.36 
FBIZFirst Business Financial 1.39 8 per month 0.00  0.03  2.86 (3.19) 8.96 
LNKBLINKBANCORP(0.22)6 per month 0.00 (0.05) 3.17 (2.96) 8.31 
OFEDOconee Federal Financial 0.00 0 per month 0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
GSBCGreat Southern Bancorp(0.15)8 per month 0.00 (0.08) 2.27 (3.02) 7.73 
RNSTRenasant 0.00 0 per month 0.00  0.04  2.75 (2.58) 8.57 
PNFPPinnacle Financial Partners 0.00 0 per month 0.00 (0.02) 1.68 (3.35) 11.12 
CBUCommunity Bank System 0.00 0 per month 0.00 (0.04) 2.89 (2.98) 8.75 
BOKFBOK Financial 0.00 0 per month 0.00 (0.01) 1.96 (2.47) 6.40 
FBMSThe First Bancshares,(0.73)8 per month 0.00  0.01  2.88 (3.15) 8.28 
UBSIUnited Bankshares 0.00 0 per month 0.00 (0.04) 1.79 (2.60) 7.17 
THFFFirst Financial 0.00 0 per month 1.30  0.12  2.84 (2.80) 7.70 
BCBPBCB Bancorp 0.00 0 per month 0.00 (0.08) 3.08 (2.63) 13.51 
AFBIAffinity Bancshares(0.25)7 per month 0.00 (0.03) 2.53 (2.02) 22.46 
BRKLBrookline Bancorp 0.00 0 per month 0.00 (0.05) 2.01 (2.17) 8.05 
ACNBACNB Corporation 0.00 0 per month 1.76  0.05  2.29 (3.24) 8.83 
BANFBancFirst 0.00 0 per month 0.00 (0.04) 2.12 (2.87) 7.37 
EBCEastern Bankshares 0.00 0 per month 0.00  0  2.71 (3.03) 9.59 
WNEBWestern New England(0.01)7 per month 0.00 (0.04) 2.44 (2.86) 8.20 
NECBNortheast Community Bancorp 0.00 0 per month 0.00  0  2.65 (2.56) 6.86 
INDBIndependent Bank 0.00 0 per month 0.00  0.01  2.88 (2.32) 9.25 

Hancock Whitney Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine Hancock price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Hancock using various technical indicators. When you analyze Hancock charts, please remember that the event formation may indicate an entry point for a short seller, and look at other indicators across different periods to confirm that a breakdown or reversion is likely to occur.

About Hancock Whitney Predictive Indicators

The successful prediction of Hancock Whitney stock price could yield a significant profit to investors. But is it possible? The efficient-market hypothesis suggests that all published stock prices of traded companies, such as Hancock Whitney Corp, already reflect all publicly available information. This academic statement is a fundamental principle of many financial and investing theories used today. However, the typical investor usually disagrees with a 'textbook' version of this hypothesis and continually tries to find mispriced stocks to increase returns. We use internally-developed statistical techniques to arrive at the intrinsic value of Hancock Whitney based on analysis of Hancock Whitney hews, social hype, general headline patterns, and widely used predictive technical indicators.
We also calculate exposure to Hancock Whitney's market risk, different technical and fundamental indicators, relevant financial multiples and ratios, and then comparing them to Hancock Whitney's related companies.
 2021 2022 2025 (projected)
Dividend Yield0.02210.02270.0288
Price To Sales Ratio3.353.012.45

Story Coverage note for Hancock Whitney

The number of cover stories for Hancock Whitney depends on current market conditions and Hancock Whitney's risk-adjusted performance over time. The coverage that generates the most noise at a given time depends on the prevailing investment theme that Hancock Whitney is classified under. However, while its typical story may have numerous social followers, the rapid visibility can also attract short-sellers, who usually are skeptical about Hancock Whitney's long-term prospects. So, having above-average coverage will typically attract above-average short interest, leading to significant price volatility.

Hancock Whitney Short Properties

Hancock Whitney's future price predictability will typically decrease when Hancock Whitney's long traders begin to feel the short-sellers pressure to drive the price lower. The predictive aspect of Hancock Whitney Corp often depends not only on the future outlook of the potential Hancock Whitney's investors but also on the ongoing dynamics between investors with different trading styles. Because the market risk indicators may have small false signals, it is better to identify suitable times to hedge a portfolio using different long/short signals. Hancock Whitney's indicators that are reflective of the short sentiment are summarized in the table below.
Common Stock Shares Outstanding86.6 M
Cash And Short Term Investments5.7 B

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